History Main / SillyMeGesture

* ''Manga/DropoutGabriel'': Vigne does this after she "[[BlatantLie dropped]]" (read: "threw") a fork at Satania, complete with a very silly face.

* When he replaced WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic for the review of ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'', [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]] does that at the very end, once he realized he forgot to ask for [[CatchPhrase CHANGE! Ya got change!?]]

* ''LightNovel/{{Oreshura}}'': Masuzu does this over the phone in episode 8 after realizing her plan of taking an embarrassing picture of Ai and Eita couldn't be done very well in a dark movie theater.

* ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'': Kanade does this towards Jiro after he wakes up at the hotel resort they're staying at. He at first is annoyed at having to be brought here, along with Kanade's cover up story that they're lovers and fled there since their parents refuse to recognize their relationship. In reality, they went there because Subaru, Kanade's butler, wanted to visit her mother's grave on the anniversary of her death, and wouldn't have been able to come if Kanade had to travel with her parents overseas.
* In ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', Feel does this after admitting that her country, which she dislikes for, among other reasons, its system of slavery, "can up and vanish" for all she cares.

May overlap with TongueOutInsult.See also IdiosyncraticCulturalGesture.

May overlap with TongueOutInsult.

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* ''Film/TheNewDaughter'': John hits himself in the head a few times when Sam has to remind him to leave the door to his room open a crack, a self-deprecating gesture against his failure as a parent.
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* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** This is Kyon's sister's trademark gesture, as depicted in the trope image.
** The adult Mikuru Asahina makes the gesture (minus the tongue in the anime) in a bit of a {{Kawaiiko}} move. This is part of why [[EpilepticTrees some fans believe that Mikuru and Kyon's sister are the same person.]]

* ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'': Kanade does this in episode 7 towards Jiro after he wakes up at the hotel resort they're staying at. He at first is annoyed at having to be brought here, along with Kanade's cover up story that they're lovers and fled there since their parents refuse to recognize their relationship. In reality, they went there because Subaru, Kanade's butler, wanted to visit her mother's grave on the anniversary of her death, and wouldn't have been able to come if Kanade had to travel with her parents overseas.

* In ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', Feel does this after admitting that her country, which she dislikes for, among other reasons, its system of slavery, "can up and vanish" for all she cares.
* ''LightNovel/{{Oreshura}}'': Masuzu does this over the phone in episode 8 after realizing her plan of taking an embarrassing picture of Ai and Eita couldn't be done very well in a dark movie theater.

* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'':
** Mina does this after saying, "I can be pretty clumsy. Tee, hee!" This is after she said she accidentally washed Ryosoke's cell phone and ''computer''.
** Ryosuke himself does this, including the "tee, hee," line after [[spoiler:he's caught cheating at strip poker]].

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* In ''Anime/DanganronpaTheAnimation'', Junko Enoshima does this at one point. [[spoiler:The real one, and it’s meant to accentuate her [[AxCrazy creepy]] [[GenkiGirl cheeriness]].]]

* Kanade does this in episode 7 of ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'' towards Jiro after he wakes up at the hotel resort they're staying at. He at first is annoyed at having to be brought here, along with Kanade's cover up story that they're lovers and fled there since their parents refuse to recognize their relationship. In reality, they went there because Subaru, Kanade's butler, wanted to visit her mother's grave on the anniversary of her death, and wouldn't have been able to come if Kanade had to travel with her parents overseas.

* Nozaki does this in ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' when he deliberately makes too much lunch while trying to gain an understanding of Mamiko. Nozaki being [[TheStoic Nozaki]], he does it with a flat voice and no expression.

* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': In one episode of the OVA series, Ryoko does this during her engineered classic meeting with Tenchi, saying that she isn't paying attention and is clumsy. Saying that she's "clumsy" is because she kicked him as her way to start her classic meeting with him.

* Ayu from ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' does this when she forgets that she cannot attack in her first turn.

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* ''Series/GrangeHill'': Played for laughs when SternTeacher Mr Mitchell slaps his own wrist when talking to Tucker Jenkins, with whom he has a love-hate relationship.
--> '''Mr Mitchell''': How is the model coming along?

--> '''Mr Mitchell''': (slaps himself) Oh! Jenkins, I'm sorry, good gracious!

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* Selphie's introductory FMV in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' shows her trying to climb down a hill, followed by her tripping and almost falling down. Her reaction leaves out the head-hitting, but it leaves the tongue-stickout and wink intact.
* Tsuruhime from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' does this in her standard stage ending video while giggling. It makes bubbles appear.
* Anji Mito of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' does a variant with his [[ImprobableWeaponUser fan]] at the end of his [[OneHitKill Destroyer.]]

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* Trucy Wright of ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' uses the gesture occasionally (hitting the top of her hat instead of her head, but the overall effect is the same). Ini Miney also uses the hat variation in ''Justice for All''. [[spoiler:Or rather, Mimi Miney does. It's very much the "feigning innocence" type.]]

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* WesternAnimation/YoungJustice: Miss Martian's catch-phrase, "''Hello'' Megan!", goes with the little forehead slap. No tongue or wink, but sometimes she rolls her eyes.

* Retasu does this when explaining why she lets her friends boss her around in ''Manga/TokyoMewMew''.
* Harumi does this to herself in the ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' episode centering on NeverHeardThatOneBefore. She comments how it doesn't make sense that {{shonen}} manga isn't about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin boys]], and then does this gesture, to indicate that this is something everyone has probably thought of a million times. However, she then gets blank looks from the rest of the class, and ends up BlueWithShock when she realizes no one else shares her [[YaoiFangirl tastes]].
* Nena Trinity in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', after [[BlatantLies "pressing the wrong button]]" and blowing up a wedding.
* Eri Shinoda, vice-president of the Plamodel Club in ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'', does this when she charges her Hobby Hizack into battle only to get shot down in seconds. Afterwards, Fumina wonders if she threw the match on purpose.

* Mai does this in her introduction episode in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' when explaining why she isn't [[TearJerker isn't going to her friend's house]].

* In the ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' anime, Kud does this when Riki reminds her about Mio.
* Masuzu does this over the phone in episode 8 of ''LightNovel/{{Oreshura}}'' after realzing her plan of taking an embarrassing picture of Ai and Eita couldn't be done very well in a dark movie theater.
* Kanade does this in episode 7 of ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'' towards Jiro after he wakes up at the hotel resort they're staying at. He at first is annoyed at having to be brought here, along with Kanade's cover up story that they're lovers and fled there since their parents refuse to recognize their relationship. In reality, they went there because Subaru, Kanade's butler, wanted to visit her mother's grave on the anniversary of her death, and wouldn't have been able to come if Kanade had to travel with her parents overseas.
* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Done by Celia, in chapter 49, after [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c049/7.html she almost forgets]] to tell the others that her Inversion would wear off the islanders after 30 minutes.
* Nozaki does this in ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' when he deliberately makes too much lunch while trying to gain an understanding of Mamiko. Nozaki being [[TheStoic Nozaki]], he does it with a flat voice and no expression.

* In ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', Mugino scolds Frenda for leaving behind her bombs. Frenda apologizes and does the gesture, only for Mugino to kick her in the shin.
* In ''Anime/{{Potemayo}}''[='=]s opening, Mikan bops herself on the head and sticks her tongue out after falling over.
* In ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', Feel does this after admitting that her country, which she dislikes for, among other reasons, its system of slavery, "can up and vanish" for all she cares.
* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'', Lana does this from time to time after playfully telling a lie.
** During the Hoenn series, May would occasionally do this, such as when her little brother Max chastised her for not knowing Pelliper's type.
* In ''Anime/DanganronpaTheAnimation'', Junko Enoshima does this at one point. [[spoiler:The real one, and it’s meant to accentuate her [[AxCrazy creepy]] [[GenkiGirl cheeriness]].]]
* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': In her introduction, Komi's mother Shuuko tries to call her son and husband so they can meet her daughter's new friends, only to realize they're not at home and she does the gesture, [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents much to her daughter's embarrassment]].
* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'' has [[TheGadfly Oikawa]] sometimes make this face as a way of playing innocent after he's been caught messing with his teammates.